This morning, I tried using the computer and I wasn't able to connect to the Internet. The wireless icon on the bottom had either 1 bar, a caution sign with an exclamation point, or some sun icon. Either way, I could not get to my websites. I don't know why my computer cannot connect to the Internet because my iPad can connect perfectly well as I'm on it right now posting this thread. This is the first time it has happened. A few weeks ago my Internet started getting slower and slower. When it was usually an average of 3 bars, it went down to 2 and stayed that way. I was still able to get to my websites back then however the change in speed was noticeable. Now, it is neither 2 bars nor 3 but 0. I went to my friend for help and he suggested me moving my router closer to my computer because my desktop is upstairs whereas my router is downstairs. With all the cables and such I would just end up messing it up or something. What could I do to fix this problem, it's been like this all day. Is it possible a virus is causing this problem? I use a wireless Linksys router model WRT54GS. Thanks in advance for the help.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LeThach-THINK
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link WDA-1320 Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-E9-4C-00-17
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::65cb:56bf:1497:a271%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 10, 2012 4:06:53 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 12, 2012 2:24:20 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 402658793
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-5E-CB-3A-50-E5-49-71-A1-24
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 50-E5-49-71-A1-24
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5E67F481-35CB-4508-8451-811C8E2D58B8}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{F817CECC-A1E9-4898-81FE-A2EA644E5677}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Interface name : Wireless Network Connection
There are 1 networks currently visible.

SSID 1 : linksys
Network type : Infrastructure
Authentication : Open
Encryption : None
BSSID 1 : 00:14:bf:f9:9f:97
Signal : 26%
Radio type : 802.11g
Channel : 6
Basic rates (Mbps) : 1 2 5.5 11
Other rates (Mbps) : 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54


Profiles on interface Wireless Network Connection:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
<None>

User profiles
-------------
All User Profile : linksys 2
All User Profile : linksys


Pinging 194.119.131.66 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=93ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 194.119.131.66:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 93ms, Maximum = 98ms, Average = 94ms

Pinging plus.net [212.159.8.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=241
Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=241
Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=241
Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 212.159.8.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 110ms, Maximum = 116ms, Average = 112ms

Tracing route to 194.119.131.66 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 9 ms 4 ms 3 ms 194.119.131.66
These Windows services are started:

Application Experience
Application Information
Application Virtualization Client
Application Virtualization Service Agent
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Base Filtering Engine
BrYNSvc
CA Common Scheduler Service
CAAMSvc
CaCCProvSP
CAISafe
Client Virtualization Handler
CNG Key Isolation
COM+ Event System
Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager
DHCP Client
Diagnostic Policy Service
Diagnostic Service Host
Distributed Link Tracking Client
DNS Client
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Fantapper Player Update Service
Function Discovery Provider Host
Function Discovery Resource Publication
Group Policy Client
HomeGroup Provider
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
Intel(R) Management and Security Application Local Management Service
Intel(R) Management and Security Application User Notification Service
IP Helper
IPsec Policy Agent
MSCamSvc
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Network Connections
Network List Service
Network Location Awareness
Network Store Interface Service
PDFProFiltSrvPP
Plug and Play
PnkBstrA
Power
Power Manager DBC Service
Print Spooler
Program Compatibility Assistant Service
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
RPC Endpoint Mapper
Security Accounts Manager
Security Center
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
SSDP Discovery
Superfetch
System Event Notification Service
System Update
Task Scheduler
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Themes
ThinkVantage Registry Monitor Service
TM Engine
TPM Base Services
User Profile Service
Windows Audio
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Windows Backup
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework
Windows Event Log
Windows Firewall
Windows Font Cache Service
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Windows Search
Windows Update
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
WLAN AutoConfig
Workstation
Yahoo! Updater

The command completed successfully.


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

MTU MediaSenseState Bytes In Bytes Out Interface
------ --------------- --------- --------- -------------
4294967295 1 0 1114433 Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
1500 1 3162820871 78568717 Wireless Network Connection
1500 5 0 0 Local Area Connection

===========================================================================
Interface List
18...00 15 e9 4c 00 17 ......D-Link WDA-1320 Desktop Adapter
11...50 e5 49 71 a1 24 ......Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
22...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
12...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
13...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
21...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.102 25
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.102 281
192.168.1.102 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.102 281
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.102 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.102 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.102 281
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 306 ::1/128 On-link
18 281 fe80::/64 On-link
18 281 fe80::65cb:56bf:1497:a271/128
On-link
1 306 ff00::/8 On-link
18 281 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

And how exactly do I set the DNS?

Do you think that it could be my router going bad? I've had it for about 8 years now and like I said before the speed is decreasing and even perhaps the range of the router is getting smaller. My iPad cannot connect to the Internet upstairs but only downstairs where the router is placed. If its possible that the range is decreasing, that could be the reason why my computer's Internet speed is lowering. The router is pretty old.

lol the museum part killed me. Alright thanks for your help, I'll try getting a new one. Hopefully that'll help.